The Implementation Plan for the Strategic Framework for Adaptation to Climate Change in the Dniester River Basin outlines mechanisms for cooperation among relevant agencies, organizations and other stakeholders in Moldova and Ukraine with the support of the international community. It also suggests possible mechanisms for attraction of funding for the practical implementation of the proposed measures. The Implementation Plan is the result of joint efforts by international experts and organizations – the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) and the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) – and many experts and organizations from Moldova and Ukraine. This publication was prepared under the Environment and Security Initiative (ENVSEC) with financial support from the Austrian Development Cooperation and the European Union Instrument for Stability.

The publication “Environmental Assessment and Recovery Priorities for Eastern Ukraine” incorporates existing information from various sources on impact and threats to environment posed by a conflict in the Eastern Ukraine. The publication highlights the main results of studies on soils, surface waters, risks from industrial enterprises and flooding of mines, and analyzes the issues of influence on the condition of forest resources, protected areas and biodiversity. The analysis elaborated recommendations for environmental recovery, prioritized as “yesterday”, “today”, “tomorrow” and “day after tomorrow”. The publication was prepared with the financial support from governments of Canada and Austria within the joint project of the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine and the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of Ukraine “Assessment of Environmental Damage in Eastern Ukraine”. The publication is available only in Ukrainian.

The publication “Environmental Assessment and Recovery Priorities for Eastern Ukraine” incorporates existing information from various sources on impact and threats to the environment posed by a conflict in Eastern Ukraine. The publication highlights the main results of studies on soils, surface waters, risks from industrial enterprises and flooding of mines, and analyzes the issues of influence on the condition of forest resources, protected areas and biodiversity. The analysis elaborated recommendations for environmental recovery, prioritized as “yesterday”, “today”, “tomorrow” and “day after tomorrow”. The publication was prepared with the financial support from governments of Canada and Austria within the joint project of the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine and the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of Ukraine “Assessment of Environmental Damage in Eastern Ukraine”.

The publication is the updated version of the Reference Manual of the OSCE Economic and Environmental Dimension Commitments, published in 2014. It contains the text of all Economic and Environmental Dimension related documents adopted at Summit and Ministerial Council levels, as well as relevant Permanent Council decisions.

Disasters affect the security of people and nations. Their impact can cross borders and transboundary co-operation is often required to address related challenges. Climate change is expected to increase the frequency and scale of disasters. The OSCE with its comprehensive approach to security plays an important role in strengthening resilience of communities, states and regions.

These quick reference cards are intended for use in daily professional activities of customs and border officers, environmental agencies to help detect and prevent smuggling of the species and derivatives under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES). They have been developed within the framework of the OCEEA project Prevention of illegal cross-border transport of hazardous waste and other cross-border environmental crimes. Not available in English.

This brief offers an overview of the security implications and most vulnerable geographic areas as identified during a regional participatory assessment process on Climate Change and Security in Central Asia conducted by the ENVSEC Initiative in partnership with the European Union Instrument for Stability and the Austrian Development Agency from late 2013 to 2016. The participatory assessment was conducted in the framework of the ENVSEC project “Climate Change and Security in Eastern Europe, Central Asia and the Southern Caucasus” with the overall goal to identify and explain how climate change may exacerbate threats to security and to propose effective measures in response.